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More stories from the week ended June 16:
- Maurizio Cattelan takes a break from retirement and presents old work in a new way at Fondation Beyeler.
- RIP: Dorothea Wight, who has died of cancer at age 68.
- RIP: “Gallerists to the people” startup Artify.it.
- Feds pursue Subhash Kapoor, suspected of smuggling an estimated $100 mill. in art over the last two years.
- German police bust forgery ring that faked works by such artists as Kandinsky, Malevich and Goncharova.
- Twenty-two people arrested as Paris Police break up fake African art gang.
- Thief who tried to burglarize Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio gets caught and arrested.
- William Sweetlove's Cloned Bulldog With Water Bottle sculpture stolen off the streets of West Hollywood.
- Baby Jane Holzer sues Stephan Stoyanov Gallery for trade (involving Colen, Kelley, Prince works) gone wrong.
- Richard Prince may have burned one of his Canal Zone paintings and documented the act on video.
- U.S. government recovers 400 pages from Alfred Rosenberg diary detailing looting of art throughout Europe.
- $12 million public art program in Atlantic City facing much criticism from the city's citizens.
- Locals in Bushwick angered over recent popularity of street art tourism.
- Museums and institutions face challenges when it comes to maintaining some digital and internet artworks.
- Virginia Postrel makes the case for selling some pieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum collection.
- Oprah giving $12 mil. to help build Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture.
- European cities turning to North Korea's Mansudae Art Studio for its expertise in restoring 20th century works.
- Thousands bid farewell to Florentijn Hofman's giant duck in Hong Kong before it travels to Pittsburgh.
- Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo emerging as art centers, with help from government.
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sculpture boom is now sweeping London’s salerooms and art fairs.
- CNN Radio looks at investing in art and why some artworks are valued higher than others.
- Sales at Art Basel strong as Leonardo DiCaprio is among the patrons.
- The use of red and other primary colors a main reason why some art works sell for higher prices than others.
- Andreas Efstathiou installs plaster sculptures of toilets in Cyprus as protest against the nation's economy.
- Basquiat, the musical, will get a private reading on Monday June 24th.
- Mini-golf course designed by artists now in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden at the Walker Art Center.
- Heather Dewey-Hagborg creates "facial reconstruction" sculptures with DNA from objects found on streets.
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- Day 1 through 3 of Kenny Schachter's Art Basel diary. Here's part 2.
- Christopher Knight reviews Los Angeles Nomadic Division's (LAND) Painting in Place exhibition.
- Societe Perrier details 5 female LA street artists you should know about, including Becca and KH No 7.
- Artists turning to crowdfunding to help pay for their projects.
- Profile of Steve Tisch's art collection, which will be housed in a private museum he's building.
- Extensive profile of James Turrell by NYT.
- The New York times writes about what Chris Johanson has been up to.
- David Choe paints on limited edition Fin Bec wine cases.
- Cosmo Sarson creates breakdancing Jesus mural near Banksy piece.
- Joe Bradley answers 26 Questions from ArtInfo.
- Damien Hirst's company reveals that he has made 1,365 spot paintings with more to come, including million spot painting. NYT looks at the prices of spot paintings over the years.
- James Franco discusses his show at Pace Gallery, London.
- Ben Eine gets interviewed by Interview Magazine.
- The Daily Beast writes about celebrities and the art world/art market.
- Kanye West hosts impromptu listening party during Art Basel and talks about art and music.
- Neil Gaiman is obsessed with this Richard Dadd unfinished painting - The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke.
- Interview with Khalid Albaih, whose cartoons have become a symbol for uprisings across the Arab world.
